Strange Tales , #70

Published: August 1959

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Issue Contents:
When Wakes the Sphinx!
Credits
A Giant Walks the Earth!
Storyline

A short lab assistant works on a growth serum to gain a normal man's height. The serum works too well, and he continues to grow so tall his life is endangered when the air becomes too thin to breathe. Just as he is about to black out, the serum wears off, and he is restored to his original height having learned to be satisfied with the way he is.

Story Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

The Comic
Storyline

A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves.

Story Notes

Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

Earth in Chains!
Storyline

Aliens from the planet Regulus colonize Earth, treating humans as little more than animals. They must withdraw only because of their vulnerability to Earth's germs.

Story Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 10-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

Ghost Ship!
Storyline

The US Coast Guard finds an abandoned Soviet submarine. The log book shows that they mistook an alien craft for an experimental American ship and tried to ram it. The aliens boarded the submarine, and the fate of the crew is unknown.

Story Notes

Pencil/Ink credits of "Bob Forgione ?" changed based on information from Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).

Escape to Tomorrow!
Storyline

A criminal hears of the invention of a time machine. He robs a bank and then escapes 50 years into the future. Once there, he discovers that under the new world government, US money is useless. The technology of the police makes crime impossible, so he is forced into hard labor to survive.

Story Notes

Narrated in the second person. Set in 1960. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).

When Wakes the Sphinx!
Storyline

An Egyptian and a tourist see the Sphinx come to life and chase off Alien invaders.

Credits
Story Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).